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the ineligibility ot a Candidate, he urged, that the only mode of doing equal justice between the Parties wee to make a double return. After an animated answer by Mr. DA vas, and a reply by Mr. COLIRIDGI s the Assessor delivered hie decision at length, in which ha said, shut he bed declined to state any opinion on Monday, be cause he wee unwilling to prejudice the vote of any siugleelector ; as that reason now no longer existed, he had no hesitation in say ing, that he thought Mr.. Bish clearly, ineligible, end that it was the Bailiff's duty to make a double return. • This decision spr e ad g l oom • an d di sa pp o i ntment over the com., trnaneta of Mr. Bish and his friends. The several candidates then addressed the electors. Mr. Biah spoke at great length, and with great bitterness, from notes written on the, backed old lottery ends, on which fish mid Co. with flourishes of blue and ied, were very visible. The three candidates Minima were then mounted in splendid ehairs, and paraded the town with hanneni and music, among an immense, but, upon the whole, a peaceable and good-humoured renewal,/ of people. At the close of the poll, its state was as follows: Lord llotham 5/i6 I Stephenson 53 . fish - 445 Cuthbert - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY--JuvE 16. itrritittmtir OF HR. RARKEA. At one o',.lock on Friday Mr. Bonlrea retii ad, the numbera being Copley - - Paltattston - 631 501 Goulbtirn - - 4:17 Majority for Copley - iNI4 , -------- Palinerstop - I iT.4 oXFOTID, CITY Yesterday the contest wiks resumed, but it was eviiltlit, that Po derisive altetation'Could h eftevted. Tin. polling proceeded, however, mtil ono o'clock, when ;kir. Hughes resigned. 'Tile seem xis at the final cl ose of th e p o ll weir — For I t .!tr. langstim - - 10.4 • - • Mr. Locichait • - - 9130 Mr. Hughes • -4tsnrity of Mr. Langston over Mr. Lockhai t, 94—over Mr. 'Hughes Lockhart'a majority over Mr. Hughes, 231. Thus ended a contest that will, from the peculier circumstancei;, attending it, he long recollected ip Oxford. SOMERSEtSHIRE, The. nomination being fixed for this day (Tuesday), at, twelve n'eloelr the High liberiff, accompanied by the largest number of gentlemen we ever saw together in Somersetshire, entered the hustings. There could scarcely be lees than from 8,000 to 10,000 persons present in the square by the Hotel, by which the hutting, were erected. The Rev. Hasity Cits.ssw au, presented himself to address the frtelic‘lers; when - Mr. thealis . soN said that he elaimed on his own AniVt, awl that of the fretholders,'the right of his friends to aveYdr fty. as he was the °Meet Member. Ifttncr said that the house being dissolved, there was nniv 'no Member, and that as the first. Candidate" ; he had a right to `044.11 protection for his friend. 'rite lituu tint airr, that without craving into the rota tion of tight, he thought practice and courtesy should sec u Pre_ cadence to Mr. Dieltinton's friends. 111 r. Citv , ,w.et t. bowed to the authority of the Sheriff. Colunel.llont.Ettitroposed 7.1 r. Dickinson ao in every respect qualified to re pt rieiit. the calmly. • In private' and public life ha had proved litootelf worthy of the confidence of the lireholdere. —,.(Cbeers.) JOHK PUILLIM eh Rkty-0114111011 of the qmater..sessions, rose to second the, nomination. For twenty years Mr. Dickinson had been known to his conatithent4; his eiutraefer was irreproach able, and , without a bletui.th.s,....(Cheero,)_lle begged, therefore, to second the nomination of Mr. Dickinson. Mr. Dicslit:sus said, he would occupy only a short time in to. , ..pbstaing his satisfaction at thavery flattering manner in which is frichda had spoken ,ii him. M he was an invalid he would 'nothy touch, but thought it necesaary tv make a few observations ‘4ll two or three questions which had before deeply agitated - the ) public mind. One waa the Corn Lawt ; he wished for an entire revision of those laws, end that even.handed justice might he dealt out to the agriculturists, the mann ficturer, and the met chant. With that view he gave his vote fin' Mr. Boring's committee. A second subject was, that of Negro Slavery'. From his ancestors he had derived an estate in, the %Vest Indies, and a part of his prom ty e then, consisted of sieves. These he was hound to sup. port, aud , caused to be treated Withe'the highest. humanity. Ito the insl4.cr hl it.inelipmentary fieditent i . eta beet even mend). vst .l 16 it., twenty years that hA in Parliament' he had voted for economy, and had never givens ',high: tote which ren &wed Ilia independence quatintuible. Ile dared the gs cutest enem! he.had to spy that ha had ever sleet ificed his independence in a single iturtsoce.--(Cheers,) Sir dour: Ils,wxtNe said, that bit Thomas Lethbridge was well 7 known to the country.. He was rejoiced, therefore, to have the opportunity oc.proposing that file Thomas Lethbridge was a tit and proper person to.reptvsent the county. W. litaistusto, Esq. seconded the, nomination. This was the fourth time that .Sir Thor. Lethbridge lead prevented himself to the freeholders of the county as a candidate for their suffrage.. Be litvinge darn, that tha exertions 'of Sir T. Lethbridge had bens fitted his constituents and the consay, he hoped all would join him in returning him tu Parliament.—(tireat uproar.) Sir T. Lent !MIME roes, awl was loudly Owned the gen tlemen around him, but greeted with „Writs smut clamour from persons under the hustings. Ile hail just had 'the honour, lie said, of being nominated by his very worthy and excellent friend to the high post of candidate for the represent/dim, of the great, populous, mud noir county of Somerset.-..for which county he had for many yevws been the person to give effect to the wishes and principles (tithe freeholders. Expecting to hear some charges brought against him he would not go on, but reserving himself to reply to thotio who made them, content himself by advising the freeholdcre of the county to take such measures as would preserve the fair fame of their county whilst they had it in their power...:- If they did not stew! by those whose integrity hail been s proved, they: might give power to others by whom they Irma(' be betray ed. Ile hoped their honest integrity would preserve theta ---it was their timuniess,, and not hit; awl trusting that they would all luult to it, he would say to them all farewell for the present. The Rev. 11. Cat sawtt.t. said, this was the second time he had preestuNd, himself to their attention to incisive a county Mem ber. Whether the House of Common" would turn their bads on Ns'. Hunt he souls,! , nut say, but he believed they would he cony to get rid of the Baronet, for he was the Jack Font of the whole house ; they would have uo one to laugh at it' he were gone. Hunt be could say he thought him in public life both dint anti hottest, and in private life he never heard him say or do whet onegentleniert ought tint to ear or do towards another. He thought Mr.. Hind es unimpeachable in private sod public life as Sir. T. Lethbridge..--(a" No," hum the bustiuge.)---And since Sir Tim. was had drawn a pictote of 4 Repreeentetive, which he did not et all resemble, he pivoted to put Mr. Hunt in his place, and to semi Sir Thomas to Sandltill-perk, to make roads and feed phea eantit. On thtse grounds, be begged to putt in nomination Henry Hunt, Esq. . . Mr. Ott vett tra . t . Waen roe to second the nomination. 'When raked, " Who are you ?" he said, . 4 1 am Oliver Hayward, of Mudfurd, and am neither ashamed to give my name, nor to show my fate," Sir Thomas .Lethbridge hid poured forth a volley of *Woe on Mr. limit, but that. wort far nothing. They bad tried the bristly Baronet long enough. He declared, upon his heart, that he, supported Mr. punt because be could and u mild do ,jut tics to his country, if be were .sent to Parliament ; and on pub» he principle alone he recommended the county to try him. At' all events, they could not. be wolse by the uhange.—(Cheers front the crowd.) r • Mr. 11UNi- then stood up amidst the cheers of the multitude: Hiewoukl not,- he seed, make any "allusion to the personalities which Sir Thomas Lethbridge had vomited against him. He woelti leave,thern to be digested by the electors, against whom they were.particulerly . aimed, 'end whose palates he knew they were not at all calculated to gratify.—(Laughter.)—Many. things had been said hy that worthy Representative in former Pantie. , menu of the freemen of the county of Somerset about his (Mr. Runt's) chime to the (avour of the ettetorti, and they could nmv judgeler 'themselves . whether er imt he will presiimpturmoile offorimehitusit4 or whether they were j ult = ;A.. ; e sueirettmg any longer to the dietation of that enlightened gentleness, Sir Tho. mas Lethbridge , -e-flaughter •and cheers, mixed with h isses. ) He, had to reply to'!-Mr;; Blessing's new version of wimt had o ectirrvi while he (Mt. Hunt) was in Ilettester no], where ha war confined for two 'yens and a half, a lth oug h, l a protested to Gi A , t h at , h a did not ever fall aehinned of the comae that had brought liim t h e re.—(Loutl applause end laughter.)—The t u tu , tion .01 this fact brought to hits mind how deeply the worthy Baronet had been concerned in that laudable 'plen of punishing" a Sp' it of a like nature, by calleing tr) he sent to the Tower Sir Praleie Burdett, si man whoa* offerim was nothing more than that of advocating the rigida of the people: He (Mr. Hunt) had, during the investigation into the abiteee'in Whetter,' proved he. foes the Megititratee at the - Quarter Sessions, that great plunder had beim committed trPote the pockets of the people in the assess nmilerthe county rates'. ,}le had an -unexceptionable authority to the stnoitnt of "At • itim •to prove that the county money) 13,446/. was deficient in the la;t year's accounts; .that in fact ii had been wholly unaccounted for.—(Cries of ". Shame !" auc immense tumult. Mr. MrssrrEst—l say that you have asserted a falsehood Mr. HUNT—Every culprit declares that the charge against him, 'Whatever it may be, is false. Did you ever know of a man, who ' upon being breught before a Jury and tried for a felony, did not deny lila guilt ?_(°' Never, •mever.")-- , Sir Tommy and some of his friends had talked contemptuously of the blacking trade in Which be was engaged—(a laugh)—and they had said a great deal about the necessity of possessing landed property as an indis pensable requisite in the. representation of a comity. Now,- .God knew, that he belieVed that not one of the three of them (Sir T. Lethbridge, Mr. Dickinson, and himself) was overburdened with riches.—(Laughter.)—He believed, however, that he was himself the best of the three, fur of the little property he possessed he had the title deeds. They never had been mortgaged yet, which !he ! was sorry to say`Was not the, case of his worthy brother midis dates.—(Loud laugliter.) Mr. Moor:sole rose in evident pain from his chair, and de viated that this statethent of Mr. Hunt's was, with respect to him, a most outrageone inisrepresientetioo,as not one atom of his estate had ever been mortgaged. (Cries of " shame," and great •tumult.) Mr. lit' NT, as Soon as the noise had subsided, said he had been assured by common rumour, that that was the case ; but certainly report was ohm a liar, and, indeed, it had often been pro% etl so in hie own case. He then adverted to his trade of blacking-manufacturer, and be would, he said, speak a little more upim that 'subject than he bedbeen in the habit of speaking, were. it not that it w o uld be said the( he advertised his material at no expertee ivlvotever.—(Laughter arid hisses, mixed with applause.) He knew that, some of the well-dressed rabble who hissed hini dealt nut, what he sold by wholesale, in half-pinta by retail. • In. Axbridge he had been charged o ith the crime of blacking-making hy orie of the honest trade attorney.—.,(Loud laughter.)_ His reply wee, that the mayor of the town, who happened to he e grocer, Wee a blacking-seller, and, as Fate would have it, he found hid worship down in Tait book., fur a few do2en bottles.— (Laughttr, and cries ,of " We'll have no blacking.") He saw -among the enemies to blacking Mr. Stuckey, a dealer in coals, '(A laugh.)—He was not such a fool as to object to a man's trade, when it left no mark or brand upon his honour dr humanity ; but he thought it very odd that the pot 'should he the first to ery out to the kettle.-.-(Roars of laughter, in which Mr. Stuckey,•who is a gentleman of large fortune, and, we understand, the proprietor of extensive real mines, joined.)—Hut Mr. Mckinnon, one of the candidates, had all his profits from au article of a much blacker dye-- a (Mingled cheers and hisses)--the bl—dy West. hulls black ing. —(Great emotion was perceptible in the crowd, and Mr. Dickinson appeared greatly agitated, sod shook his head, but did not speak a word.)—l say these gentlemen (pointing to his oppe nents) deal much mote in the blacking, or rather in the, black art, for it has its source in the rotator of all evil, than I do. The bread this man (to Mr. Dickinson, who sat next to hint) eats, the drink he drinks,. the clothes he wears, are all steeped in the blond of his fellow-creatorec —:(Expressions of horror, and hisses and applauses intermixed.)—Mr. If. then made some statement. to show what dependence could he placed upon Sir T. Lethbridge. Upon one occasion Ls went, accompanied by an odd fellow named Parkins—(A laugh) --..to Sir Thomas,• and showed him a peti tion„ whicirthe county !wished to have preeented to Parliament. Well, he promised to support the petition ; hie Parkins suspected him sincer:ty, and they waited to lee the issue. Tip got Sir Thomas, " I am about," said he, " to present a petition which has been passed by a large. majority of my constituents. I must edd, that I totally disapprove of every syllable in it."—(Lsughter.) —Perkins started op il) the gallery,. and in so loud a tone that the whole Ilouse heard him, cried, " What a liar !"—(Cheers and laughter.)—Mr. Hunt then set down amidst immense cheer big end cries of " Hunt for eves !!"! A gland deal of hissing and liirnalling, and laughter also, ercompanied the termination of hi* address. Mr. LIVEHARIDOIt (a fine young man, the son of Sir Thomas), then stood fbrwurd. He appeared to be much agitated, and begged to be allowed to say a felt , words under those unparalleled circumstances. Had Mr. Hunt been qualified to represent them, it could not be endured that that individual should be elected, as he came fug ward backed by such a wan as Mr. Creswell.—..(r..ond tumult.) 11r. Ciirs,rivvELL started up and asked what Mr. Lethbridge had to say against hint? lie Waft of as honourable a stock as that of the Lethbridges. _ _ Mr. 14T)towii,GE.,--I say you are a disgrace to that pedigree. Mr. Itunt is dishonoured by being, nominated by an despicable a )It.'ettimihwitt.t...-47t0 you knoW any thing diogrAceful. a me ? Lrniamthar.--4 do. Cmpoivii, , ,t.i..--Out with it—Arte bear once.—_('['h• is ere greatly agitated, and called upon the accuser to men , tion )..41±icolars). Mr. Le ritantncia., after having been tepeatedly urged, .said, he heard Mr. Cresewell had hot perfot tiled his •clerivil duties properly. sir. itt,t, challenged hint Wpm e the neglect. He ap4 pealed to those mound him, many tar whom were his parishioners, whether he did not atiend most strictly to his duties?,—(Cheers, and cries of " you 'tlo.")-L-lie was able and Willing to Write a sermon apinst any Clergyiumn or any Bishop in England.—(lorod , laughter, and cries of "so you are.") He requested to know Whether Mr, Lethbridge's father had any thing to say against hint.' ' Sir 1. Lintels towissaid lir cet wily had not. He ca.:used his sea's impetuosity upon the grinind that great provocation had been received. Ha concluded by solcintdy asserting, that he IiSAI always acted independently in Pal 'nutria, The Sur It> r then called upon the Meeting to make their dec. tion. Hands were then held up for each of the Candidates. The Sheriff declared Out the election fell upon Mr. Dickinson and Sir T. Lethltridge.—(The friends of Mr. Hunt cried out that '' Mr. Hunt is firsL") Mr. fleNr.—Mr. Sheriff, 1 call opal you to divide the Meet. ing. There seems to he a doubt. 'llie Surati7.—There is no doubt on my miwi, and 1 dissolve the Meeting. 11r. HUNT, , .-1 demand a poll flentlemen, yonll a.ll camel° llcheeter on Monday. This was as hod a division as ever was made. My friends declare that I had two to one. A IrlAGisTa* - rg.--1 Form a rate offitankato the Sheriff. Mr. Iluxr.--He won't have it—he'. nit. ,My friend', Fit de, mind a poll in the usual form, and Tit expect to see y ou on M on . day, and to he at the head atilt poll. The Meeting then separated. DURIIANI COVNTY, (From the .I.)irhrtni C'ounly . Advirtistr.) Yesterday (14th of June) having been appointed for the eleC tion of two Knight' of the Shire to represent this County in' Par figment, Jour/ Gianni LAMBTON, Esq. and the Hon. WILLIAH JOHN FitEDfLIIICK VANIC Powterr,..accomptinied by their respite tive friends, entered the County Court about 10 o'clock in the Morning, and took their seats on the bench: The usual Proclamation having been made, the writ an)l art against bribery having been read by J. Griffith, Etri. the Deputy Sheriff, and the oath to decide without undue influence having been administered to the High Sheriff; by General Aylmer, The Hum said—" His fflajrNsty's writ, which has just been read to you, will explain the cause of our bei n g ,assem bled here. fam not aware that any apposition will by offered to the return of the Hon. Gentlemen who last represented this county." GEORGIC. BAKTI, Esq. of Elmore, begged to propose J. G. Limbkm, Fag, ran fit and proper mono to represent thje county. . . fit HttowoßTri WlLLtAltsnx seconded the nomination. J. G. ',Samos, Earl. rose amidst considerable cheering, and some marks of disapprobatiOn. The moment, he observed, had at length arrived most dear to his feelings, eince it enabled a le presentative,to meet his constituents, to show that he had not failed in his duty to them, end the high character he ought to hold. The times Were noti , very different from the period when he last appeared before them. That was a period of very greet excitement; when various Atte Were pissed by the Legislature, hostile to the liberties of the people. The Ham Corpus Act had been suspended ; a Bill had been passed for forcibly entering a dwelling-house to search for arms, though before allowed by law to keep then f; and, above all, an Act was PP led restrain that valuable privilege, the right of laying petitions at the feet of Par liament and the Throne. Mr. Canning, an illustrious intlividOal, as far al great talents could render a man illustrious, fortuu;toir now formed a part of the admiiiiatretion, lie it well aware that he has not the support of the Tory aristocracy, that his depend ence ie on the minds of the people, not on the high Church party. It, was to his lib era l p o li cy we mus t a ttribut e o ur shrinking from the Holy Alli es , t h at t h e A li en A ct h as b een a b o li s h e d, and that other laws against the interests .cif the people have heel* repealed. Therefore it was he had given his testimony in their favour, there Ws it was he applaud e d the line of conduct they had pursued. l ie trusted they would continue i i , tile seine moser of improvement and amendment, and hot sitter th e cr i m i na l co d e t o r e main as it now stood, hut Protest" veldt reform l atio as they had commeneed•— (Applause).—There was another subject,Whiith ' he trusted would en gage, their rttention. SThithitt t o i t mi•pat and important extension of the thetive franchise: Theaa,w;it.n pri cipleil from which bi had never swerved, and f rom which he never:eliould. If he wee again returned as their Itepreeentao, te would portunity of supporting them. If he had ever been-deterred IVorn giving up' time to them, ,it was from ill-health—which - he might regret, but could not prevent.—(Great applause.)—Though it might appear like vanity in him, he would say that, though others might have shown greater ability, no Member of Parlia ment had served his constituents with more zeal and fidelity than' he had. done. His sentiments on the subject of Parliamentary Reform remained unchanged. In this pert of the country, at least, he was happy that no cry of intolerance had been raised,' that nothing - had been done to keep the Catholics, millions of our fellow-subjects,. in a state Of slavery and degradation. If they re turned blur to Parliament they must be Content to knete, that the county spoke through him. linconicions of having failed in the discharge-ot his , duty, he had no - other expectation than that they would again confer on him the office of representing their interests and privileges. lie called on them to look at his past conduct, , and if they -thought hint worthy of their confidence, he would aceeptit, and he would devote himself to the fulfilrhent of the duties imposed on him.—(Applause.) • General AYLMER, in a neat speech, proposed the Hon. NV: J. F. V. Powlett as a fit and proper person to represent this county. ANTHONY Suarzes, Esq. of Hamsterley, seconded the nomi nation. The m at . W. J. F. V. Powurr then rose. He was, he as sured them, happy, and rejoiced that th e per i o d 'h a d returne d when he should give them COWS account of his past conduct, as their Representative. He hardly, indeed, expected that he had done full justice to the duties entrusted to him, but no exertion had been wanting on his part. Ile had done all he could for the local interests and privileges of hie constituent*, and the country at large. He appealed to them to return him again as their Re presentative, if he had done nothing to forfeit their confidence ; tin• to merit their approbation team the highest reward to which he aspired. He was sincerely anxious to discharge his duty to the hest of his ability. His colleague had alluded to the High Sheriff quitting his office ;----he also deeply regretted it, fur he was sure no man had a higher respect for him than he had. The Hon. Gentleman then sat down amidst considerable applause. The thou SHERIIt now (lined for a shalt , of hands in faronr of J. G. Lambton, Esq, and the lio n . W. J, F. V. P ow l ett , an d then said—" Is there:* other candidate to represent you in Parlia ment to be proposed ?—1 believe not ; " then after a pause, " therefore declare, that John George Lambton, Esq. and the Hon. W. J. F. V. Powlett, are now duly elected, to represent this county in Parliament." J. G. LA AIBTOX, Esq. then returned thanks. It had pleased Providence to restore him his health, and lie thought he could not better show his sense of gratitude to his Maker, than by de voting himself, heart and soul, to the service of his country.— Though he concurred with his colleague in saying be could not give them solid marks of attachment from the Treasury, ha had at all times exerted himself to prevent the Ministry from invading their rights, and should continue to witch over them. The Hon. W. J. F. V. Powtxrs: also returned thinks for the honour just conferred on him. • J. G. Lastirretr, Esq, then said he was anxious to make some observations before the freeholders separated. , He thought they would agree with him that they would have been guilty of great remissness if they had not tendered a vote of thanks. to the High Sheriff. , The Honourable Gentleman concluded by proposing a vote of thanks, and a reeolutiou to the effect he. had just re commended. , Mr. PowLITT gave it his moat hearty concurrence. The High Sheriff had at.alltimcs.discharged the duties of his office with the greatest impartiality and constant attention to the wishes of the county. The UWU Strituirr.—" The very flattering way in which the vote of thanks has been proposed, by the. two Hon. Members,- and the way in which you have received it, show that I have faith fully discharged my duties as Sheriff of the County of Durham. Wherever I may retire to, I shall have one wish--Prosperity to all in the county of Durham.",---(Great applause.) The return as signed as usual by the High. Sheriff end several teutlemen present, after which the Meeting dispersed. NORTHUMBERLAND. The following is a correct report of the very excellent speech delivered by the Rev. C. Bta n at the Cminty Meeting at Morpeth, on the 19th Met. :—" Brother Freeholders, I hold in my hand a newspaper which contains the advertisement of that requisition which has been the oiTasion'of onensiembling here to-day.— Why, Gentlemen, the lengnage In which this requieition is con veyed, is as nonSensited as the 'impose of it is ridiculous. I will undertake to say, that whoever drew'up this requisition is unable to write the English language, mid,' if not that, certainly not any other. •> But,sgentlemen, 1 will endinisionr to explain to you tbo historrof , tbis as the hest inodir of comprehending its real purpose. The tirsvmeto.ure taken 'Bitibe late Member for Durham, after-Ortiiislak the Tine, to drive to Lord Howitit'a committee, 'and forth issued this requisition. What, then, has Mr. Lainbton the vanity to think that the candidates shall set down for, nothing all the fatigue, 'anxiety,' and expence they have iiicurred; and begin afreah ?.....(Nd, front the crowd.)--And shall this stranger from the county of Durham tell the men of North umberland, that they hive been reckoning without their hest ? (No, no, from every quarter, —ls it not enough that be rides high end aloft ()Ter the heidsiff the hieholders of the adjoining county, but must be also Come here to stifle the independence of the men of umberland ?--(Great sheering.)--As to my Lord H., I wish to speak of him with the greatest candour and tenderness. LaM inclined to believe that he is a young nobleman of the molt excellent and amiable disposition. But sorry inn I to observe that be should allow himself to be persuaded to rest his claims to tire favour of the freeholders upon a detraction from the private character of a competitor, rather than upon the excellency of his own public principles. They who rely upon such negative recommendations, . are greatly and justly suspected of having no real ones of their own on which to depend..:---(No !)-...Th e c h arac t er , how ever, which has been extolled, and laid as the foundation of my Lord flcnviek'm claims is that of my Lord GieY. No man here entertains'a higher admiration of that Noble Lord's sPfendid talents :and political principles than I do. But I must be allowed to say, that I do not consider t/tot a fit basis on which to recoMmend Lord Howick to your choice.-:-(Certainly not, from the croWd.) I have now done with My rord Howick and Mr. Lambton, and with regard to the other eandidetes I have but a few words id say. Their political prinsiplei are very different frost mine ; hut as' honoureble men, I have no doubt but their opinions are sincere, and w ill h e h ones tly carried: into practice. If they should he turned its members, they will, I doubt not, represent the sentiments of a large and respectable proportion of the freeholders of this county. We Oil, therefore, have no , reasou to eomplain—at least they have had recourse to no unworthy Mir in order to Secure their election, An d th e ir triumph, if aCeompliahed, will be unstained by disho- Moir. But this does 'not .prevent me from entertaining ii,dicided prefeyence for my friend near inn. His feelings, his inferrer., M44 1 1,4; 00 , aro all identified with yours. I entreat you, there fore, gentlemen,' as you regard your own privileges, sod- as you would wish to do justice to the private as well as public character of Mr.: Beaumont, that you will support him reith your votesa;nilstrvices at the day of election. I have but to thank p . m for the patience with Which you have heard me, and wil lingly ma i m wa y for °there who are naturally impatient toelaim your attention." The victor achieved over the Whig party at Morpeth, on Tuesday, is the general theme of conversation in the County. Mr.. Beaumont elands higher than ever. In hi• address of thanks to the fieeholdera, he says—" Let us show moderation in victory, As we have displayed patience during the contest." Nothing caw hellion. iwitichundy counselled ; though at the same time it will be well Air the freeholders to bear in mind the pertinent observations, which the worthy, Gentleman addressed to them on entering his eiornmittee-room at, Mmpeth, after the meeting on. Tuesday afternoOn ;—" But, while it is in highly gratifying, while our progress is so triumphant, let us not be ton confident in our security. If our election is gained by a majority of 100 votes, retriernbar that it wotild be still more glo rious if the majority were 200 ; ant/ 1 1100, still more illustrious if it wsre,oo. . This is not merely la thethen gaining of my elee tion, but for the. sake of, showing what the independent frini holders of Northumberland can accomplish." Mr. Beaumont's enemies are probably now repenting of their ronduct, when they see how much the public feeling is opposed to them, when they eee, la'far4t that The very steps they took to demis his cause, are preeiseirthose which are now so decidedly elevating it. The Hon . Mr. Linner.L, who his, all along, meintained'great popularity, was receive) at North Shields, yesterday (Wednesday) in the inset enthtesisetie manner. in fro"t of his Committee. roost tkic Hon, tientlemarcherangtied an immense rmiltitude from his marriage, in nearly the following wol --- Gentleinett.--After the reception which I have this day received from the inhabitants of this great commercial two, I feel I have little to feat from the issue of pi ocetding to poll. Yon have hiard much of the public voice having its doe weight in the: purity of election, and th e deek ee ti on of the public voice of yesterday wilt have its due weight in tine e l e ction ; and not only will that meet ing have its weight, but the exertions of those unhought and Un paid frietnls in thati,6iii, ( wav ing it s hood tou,e r,f thi" cominis•• tee rod?) t) snit in the-severe! pa rts throng hoii t the volintY,. Winne ,indeperuienee wait milly In b e equalled by their 'liberality, and by whose conftdance I wili , age in brmtglit forward. Ifeel proud in thentiportunity t h us 'pnbliely to o ffer fo Wein iriy"atinowledg ments mit - Only in. the' h ee of the rMinty hut to ail I , .ligland. The interest/ of th e enuotk of Northumberland shall aler4)'* lie next my heart,. a nd the feelings of gratitude shall exist in me as long as I Stare life. H ume now to proceed to meet my fries& upon the hustings ; and, by your exertions, in fewer days than occupied the lest election, I Will he secarely placed at the head of the poll, and I now wait that issue with calmness and confidence. —(Tremendous sheering followed this very appropriate speech, and was reiterated when Mr. Liddell retired.) PRESTON, THURSDAY MORNING. Mr. Wood has not appeared on the hustings this morning, in consequence of the death of his mother. Captain Barris's friends are- making the greatest exertions, and declare their confident ex pectation of his success. Mr. Wood's friends predict his return,. and Mr. Cobbett, and he alone, asserts, that himself will indu bitably be elected. Of course nobody gives much credit to either of them, but least of all to Cobbett. THURSDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK. _ _ _ Cobbett lost 15 on the day's poll. Though Cobbett had frequently and solemnly declared in his 'speeches that he never would coalesce with any of the other Can didates; yet his Committee proposed yesterday a coalition with, Barrie, the Tory Candidate and No Popery Man, whom he has been abusing all the week as incompetent, corrupt, and unworthy . of a seat in Parliament. The result of the negotiation is not known, but the rumour is, that Captain Barrie tore to pieces the letter (written by Cobbett) which contained the offer, and threw the fragments in the fitee of the bearer (one of Cobbett'a sons). — You see by the state of the poll that the exertions of the Captain's friends have not been unsuccessful ; he will prove a formidable op ponent to Wood. As to Cobbett, his case is hopeless; even his last manoeuvre could not bring him up—l mean his plan of coalescing with Captain Barrie, of giving to the Captain his se cond votes, and of receiving those of the Captain's in return. This plan, acted on from the beginning, might have been useful to both—but 'tis now too late.--It is believed, and with reason, that Captain Barrie would never condescend to form a connexion with Cobbett. He openly treats him with the most profound contempt, which Cobbett returns by the coat seat ribaldry. The election fOr the county of Lancaster commences to-morrow. A contest is expected. The old Members were Lord Stanley, son and heir to the Earl of Derby, and father of the candidate for Preston, an "old Constitutional Whig" (this is his own phrase). secure of hicreturn through the influence ofhis family connexions, and the ruoderation of his political conduct and opinions : and Mr. Blackburn, a sturdy Tory of Mr. Pitt's school, the exclusive pos sessor of the government patronage of the county for the last thirty , years. The new competitors are Sir Thomas Hesketh, a gentle man of local influence, rather vacillating in politics—with Whigs a Whig, a Tory with Tories. He has never been in Parliament, but stood for Pieskin about 20 years ago, when he was beaten through the manottivering of his opponent. The last is a Mr. Newell lately imported from the East Indies, with abundance of money. Though a stranger to the county, and of unknown politics, he is expected to succeed through the influence of his money. The Lancaster contest excited very little interest. here (Preston,) in consequence of the absence of all political notoriety in the candidates. TILLMSDAY, HALF-?AST FOUR. Report states that the coach from Lancaster for Liverpool took Captain Barrie a remittance of 1000/. The, following i 3 the state of the poll at present : Polled this day. Stanley - 545 - 142 Wood - 319 - 86 Bart ie - 307 - - 90 Cobbett - - 239 - 74 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH', Juwz 16.—Ssiled from. Spithead, his Majesty's ship Ariatlne. DrvoNrogr, Raiz 11.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Lively, Captain Wm. Elliot, C.B. on a cruise. Jura 12.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Camelion. 13.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Dryad, Hon. Captain Rodney, on a cruise. Jut+ z lb.—Arrived the Pelortts sloop, to be paid off. A rumour prevails at this port, that Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, K.C.R. is to be appointed Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's ships in the Mediterranean, and - that he is to hoisthis flag in the Windsor Castle, ,one of the guard ships here. It, is Laid that Captain Curzon will he his Captain, and Mr. Dyer, (late Secretary to Sir Charles Penrose) his Secretary. A private letter from a Naval Officer, waiting at Marseilles to to join his ship, dated June 3, says—" I have not yet heard any thing of the English squadron ; indeed, the only Time I hear is, that an Algerine squadron, of three large corvette* and three eelwonera, is cruising between the Islands of the coast of Spain, for Spanish vessels, The Algerines board every thhig they meet with ; but believe ♦ery civilly to all nations ; and the only incon venience is, that vessels not otherwise subject to quarantine, hive in consequence of being hoarded, to perform it for forty day., which is a great drawback to trade. There are at this port three vessels building for the Egyptians, and a large frigate of 60 gum and two corvettes ; one of the latter is all ready Tor sea, with the exception of her guns. She is pierced for 30, and is a very fine ship. The frigate and the , other, ,corvette will be really ; for launch-, ing in a little more than a month. I hope they will all take fire before they leave the harbour. They receive their guns and am munition from the French Government." FROM LLOYOS%—(Tita DAY.) Dr*i, JUNI 16.--Wind. N.E. by. E..--Past.etl through the libiaborough, Livingstone, from Grenada. Arrived, and remain, the John Shand, Bees, from Jamaica. Sailed the John, Dawson, 'for India. POILTFIAIOUTH, • JUNI N.N.E.—arrived his Ma jesty's ship Procris, from Chatham. Sailed his Majesty's ship Ariadne, for Malta. FAL:IIOIPM, JUNE 15.—Wint1 N.W.--Arrived his Majesty's ship Philomel, Capt. Lord Paget, with a mail from Lisbon, iu 1 t 4111y11 j and the Fanny, 13rokenskire, from London. Coat:, JuNz 13.—Arrived the Boyne, from London, to take vonviets to New South Wales. Ltvmeoot., Jugs 15.—Arrived the Lady Douglas, Areher, from Monte Video, with her outward cargo; *ailed the 16th of April, in Company with the Cornelius and batten*, both with their outward eatgoes, for this port. Captain Archer reports that Cernmodore Brown had engaged the blockading squadron on the I Ith of April, and gained a complete victory, having cut their largest fligate to pieets.—The following Tassels were at Monte Video, viz. —the Treasurer, Roberta, discharging, having been on there, and was to be hove down ; Henrietta, of London, loading for this port, to sail in .46 days; Marquis of Anglesey, Stewart, ready to sail for the Isle of France; William Pitt, Roberts, had Men' on there. ,Also arrived the Alfred, Lamb, from Bombay ; Florida, Bawn ; Leonidas, Ward ; Mexico, Fairfield; Isabella) Cameron ; Americo, Pray ; and Triton, Tusran, from .New Orleans ; Three Sons, Wils(m,..from Mobile ; B ac h e l or, Curzon , from' St.. Andrew's, New Brunswick, , Arrived of Penzance, the Envoy, P earson, from Havannah ; and . Dane. Mitchell, fritm..Teneriffe, off ih m i„ go , th e camden, Quelch, from Antigua. FUNERAL OF BARON VON WEBER.-'}llg ceremony wilr he privately performed on Wednesday west. The body will as originally planned he deposited for the praaent in the vault of Moorfielda Chapel. The necessary forms of St. Paul's Cathedral would not admit of the intended requiem being per formed there; and the proposed conditions respecting it at Moorfields Chapel could not be complied with. The ceremony Will therefore he quite 'private, unattended by any musical per foirnante whatever. DREADFu L TH ,A.ti u hito eh s iceh D ebtia, } ., v *. f.h ß at ihr d lei S ae,r yr,ti aide o c h ur c h, ,; R lt l . s htb: he )7eiez T jyth in, l a l ehg e r j ,* ne .namediti n t, h y ,I wh ich John,an most are e t • neighbourhood of Exeter were, the arena of a tremendous tempest on Saturday last. At the village of. Alphington, near Exeter, a tbunder-bolt struck the tower of the church, which was tinpr vided with a conductor, while four men cud a boy, who had 'tt u s; been ringing a merry peal in honour. of. the election, w j ete t T t h an e d r in , g ,,r w e itib ll inpnt)litteraptoerdtaltoof the s e s ( gt es : ot having oof t i h n e men ir°i' hammer m hurled e r in many his ed h y fi a s e n r t cis d iwot.g.set heneliceptilertiwheedwerriathha.tda:_iiildaet is remarkable that the shoes of three, and the coat o f 0 I - were severed into entire shreds. The vane of the to w er ne utak much distorted by the power of the electric fluid, whic h, in " pi ogress to the groom!, tore tip the stairs of th e tor , "It it , a complete wreck, and removed wend stones of e of the church, and after 4 ‘ tiht:heenninhtri"UrantiOilnli't°,ll)ll; t b o ( l l , Y ieves, rebonnded from the "in' dashed the church must be ,to t rw e ces t iotbr r i: i le ! ii l ,oti v :sy s tai l heddl i Tv a tfti2reit,or,iejilntedvphileriortcodiii.te of mit 0,00,1, i n t h s a f teptoon , ; it t h, midst of Y of Exeter about two the t iewly-elected Memhers, yow, fr ith i !he , onemony of chairing °vitas:let:he city of :P u lt h r part of the and 11 Cavalcade, w er e, ' II ". I th eir splendid *Wm care polled the gleaming o f t . h,n.ht. Y th rlint, of rain, which iteeont.. To py,404) , gatmniti 4 sling and the rolling of the thunder. "tor a full sh ar e ot the . -eudd m A SWAMIS." We are k "" . 4 4 " /100PrIt4 " largess o f t h viiitition are doing yr t 1 eitni:;lll:i-thune".""ring:lraksillal"thicsa.malvefitinel PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent, Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds Chi Han Bonds, 6 per et. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1624 37 4 ti Danish, S per cent. Greek Bonds Ditto, 182.5 ~.. 14 (ivatimata Mexican Bonds Ditto, 1111.1 5914 N ENDS AT DNB O CLOCK. Neapolitan, }B!4 Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Russian, New, 5 per cent. 6O Spanish, 1821, 6 per cent . 1823 French Rente, hp. ...... Exchange .......... . —E. 3 per cent . .......... —E Exchange............ . PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. British Iron Mining Company • 2,30 Hibernian Mining Company 5 4 Mexican Mining Compariv l5 . 5% United Mexican Mining Company 9O 17% Provincial Bank of Ireland 1.5 COURSE OF EXCH) Ant3tet dam Ditto, at sight Rotterdam U. 12 10 Antwerp l2 10 Hamhurgh • U. 37 10 Altona 9 U. 37 11 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto . - y U 25 95 Bordeaux 25 95 Berlin 7 Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 152 Petersburg!), rhhi 3 Us:- ' fq; Vienna, effective fi. 2 M. 10 29 Trieste do. Madrid 35 Cadiz Bilboa 'Barcelona . • 35 Gibraltar 11 M A Arrived. Due. 1 Dublin 1 Waterford () O Guernsey t Jersey I Liabon O Gottenburgh ~ 0 O nimbi' rgh 0 , HoUand O France NGE YESTERDAY. ..—.. ..—. ......—.___ Leghorn • 47 tlenna 43 Venice ,, 46 . ... Malta Naples . 1" . 11 Palermo - pm . o r, ID Lisbon a Oporto Rio Janeiro 43 Bahia 46 Buenos Ayr e s l3 Dublin, 21 da)s' sight Cork • l4. 111-13,10 N, rEft OL 1. d. Portugal Gold, in coin U° n Foreign Gold, bsbars New Doubloons 0 0 ( 1 New Dollars 0 0 ( 1 Silver, in barn, standard,— 0 4 I I LS. Arrived. -Due. • Flanders ......... ..... n O Jamaica ............... 1 o Leeward Islands ... 0 O Malta .................. •0 America ............... 0 n Erse! .......... ..... . 0 0 O Buenos Ayres •. ... • 141611 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To-SzOnaow. mornbv- to minutes after 0, k'vmin St minutes after bt * LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, .JUNE 17, 1915. The triumphant majority with which Mr. A 11 01 1" MAN THdMPSON h as b een placed in the situation of representative, of thi s great city is not less ho nourable to himself th an t o the good sense of the citizens; and from th e hi g h c h ar acter and Attainm ent of that gentleman, and o f hi s co lleague Mr. WA" (whose election, c ons id er i n g the difficulties he had ti encounter, is not less lionouxable and gratifyi n g , we anticipate that two of the , city Members will fil that station in the House Of Coinmons which the Pre eminent importance of the interests they represen require. Of the election of Messrs. WA rrii mit N and, Wool which, we cannot sufficiently regret, we shall .611 litt le We lament it not only because we dislike their prin ciples, but because we consider that they Will be use less Members of the Legislature. The specimen %% have already had of their senatorial wisdom has satislie us that their sphere of utility is not in the House Commons., The day is, however, gone by when the can be otherwise than hdraess, and they will " at,' their hour as before, without being attended tt We pity the poor LORD MAYOR, and in the absenc of a candidate with mo r e j ust p retens i ons , would hay gladly seen him suppl an t th e man w h om BaotiGuA' denominated 4‘ Absolute Wisdom." The election at Cambridge has closed by the returl of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Loßti PALMER STON, as we predicted. The splendid talent, the distinguished attainm ent the profound legal kiowledge, and th e amiable chow . i l i .ter of the ARNEY-dENER AL , with the insiine in which h e h as execute d the high and most imports" duties of his of fi ce, all combi ne to render himdeo , ins of the honour conferred, upon him by this illu o s ; AT trious seat of learning andAcience, and the sous Grants may rejoice at b e i ng st n ' repr e sen t e d In the British senate. de l i Mr. HOLME SUMNER again lost round ' este rj4 so , in Surrgy v atid his sutagorust, Mr. I N ALLMER , . _ far ahead of him that there seems no doubt of t he l7tt;ftr is s be N i v n r g y elected. iiera y 'II take Mr. reported that a contest vvi 104LLICE who hai been defeated at Coventry, is place 'for t he representation of Middlesex. be tO .l. proposed. . Undoubted)y Middlesex is at presentverY ire efficiently principles of Mr. FALIcE, that he would efficiently represented, and although we do not !Or i t the we must 39T_ substituted 1.7, one of the present county 1 tlerebers. His conuneri.y. heatery 4.kp . erfion to be knowledge and experience would enable him t° f tli ge t an active part in Many of the questions winch a t the interests of the freeholders of this rat c 9 0 , 11 :0 Y : on which the present Whig Member is uttarlY ' 5l O succe rant, We have ' ittle &built, of Mr. ELI.IcE:s if he should stand. . - sdeatsythtoi:.f‘e.ini:ohmei -seenatioti _ i) ..... fyo7otuhre --..- -:- .-7-7--_ ..- P °lls ' er' deuce and,,,i. tie efiiontrry-:---, and, es m igh t be exPec -- • r indulged " g t them to ) t t o w a r h d i his l‘f l Ell i t c rie l Pt( r iii r ie s :uble c iNi o 'lT i t a l iin i v i e t a . sll°llol:9l : l?it-nc"hillille:1 „„ - lueb tarts seemed to be the slander, of his oppones. b • no -t ts ' ita w k,x,,7o, ,, :an he evinced by his unmanly attacks on A Jr. Dic iSS l ° 4-:. who was suffering dreadfully from the gout. ' d DicKiNsoN made one successful effort to tire, of in great pain, denied the truth of Mr. HVNT t g 145er : tions ; but oil a second occasion his infirmity' pre ven ; ed him. Mr. HUNT', having the peculiar advant:g 4 of being totally destitute of shame, appeared to `Eels no mortification at being detected in m aking 8 . si charges, and brazened out the business in hi* to" n nuumer. On a thew of hands the election rep but Mr. DICKINSON and Sir T. LETHSRIMGE> " II HUNT demanded a poll. .., ten A th t s firing Pr of es h ton, CoBBETI' and the coblers cut si 0 0 , 0 Y 0 pati;persas, votesw•e p i r l e a t s lic a te c d p , riv t e l: t e t h in is vi r d o io f invidious r o s t ie c oin 7 ei; is all up w is it f h rieLid in a l ,. an i d i . ( l ) i w eing si d r o p v s i o at m t A lic s feels on the occasion is no yet known, but it 13 " "" whispered, that he who does good by wholesale had to find tnexpressibles for many of the votoo;.in COQ`)6:: quence of its having been det e rmined that gr. -- T HE QUARTERLY REVIEW, Na.LXVI will he published TILESDAY NEXT. ALL LOTTERIES END FOR EVER WITH THIS'DRA , ING. SIX. PRIZES £30,000, ALL IN ONE DAI THE PRICE OF TICKETS AND MAR ;S WILL RIS AFTER THIS DAY. PRICES OF STOCKS TM Bank Stock lt 200!;; 3 per Cent. Red 794 ! i i 3 per Cent. Cons. 3e per Cent. -- Ditto Red SMi N. 4 per Cent. New s hut . Ditto Scrip Bank Long Ann. ID I-M India Stock shut Ditto Bouts fipm. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Sitack sh Old Annuities New Ditto sh Ex. Bills, ..£l,OOO 9 d: 8 9 pi Ditto 5OO od. 8 9 pt Ditto Small !d. '9lo pi Ditto Advertised Bank for Accouut India for Account Cont. for Account 80